John Scott Werry is a New Zealand psychiatry academic and as of 2021 is an emeritus professor at the

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Academic career

After graduating in medicine at the

University of Otago The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and one of the oldest universities in ...

, Werry worked in

Montreal Childrens Hospital Montreal Children's Hospital () is a children's hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1904, it is affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and McGill University, Faculty of Medicine. The hospital has 154 single-pati ...

and

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in North America before returning to New Zealand and the

where he rose to emeritus professor. In the

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, Werry was appointed a

Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit () is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ...

, for services to child and adolescent psychiatry. In July 2021, in the context of a review of the NCEA (New Zealand's National Curriculum), Werry, along with six other University of Auckland Professors and Emeritus Professors published a controversial letter "In Defence of Science" in the ''New Zealand Listener''.

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, Douglas Elliffe, Robert Nola,

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, and John Werry. “In Defence of Science.” New Zealand Listener, 31 July 2021. p.4

Selected works

* Volkmar, Fred R., Ami Klin, Bryna Siegel, Peter Szatmari,

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, Magda Campbell, B. J. Freeman et al. "Field trial for autistic disorder in DSM-IV." The American journal of psychiatry (1994). * WERRY, JOHN SCOTT, Jon M. McClellan, and Linda Chard. "Childhood and adolescent schizophrenic, bipolar, and schizoaffective disorders: a clinical and outcome study." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 30, no. 3 (1991): 457–465. * Reeves, Jan C., John S. Werry, Gail S. Elkind, and Alan Zametkin. "Attention deficit, conduct, oppositional, and anxiety disorders in children: II. Clinical characteristics." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 26, no. 2 (1987): 144–155. * Weiss, Gabrielle, Klaus Minde, John S. Werry, Virginia Douglas, and Elizabeth Nemeth. "Studies on the hyperactive child: VIII. Five-year follow-up." Archives of General Psychiatry 24, no. 5 (1971): 409–414. * Werry, John S. "Developmental hyperactivity." Pediatric Clinics of North America 15, no. 3 (1968): 581–599.

References

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